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Edinburgh Live
National
Donald Turvill

Edinburgh council election polling places confirmed as Tesco set to replace schools

Voters in Edinburgh could be heading to their local supermarket to cast their ballot in May's elections, under plans to stop using primary schools as polling stations.

Edinburgh City Council has proposed removing all remaining primary schools from its polling place register in a bid to prevent pupils' education being disrupted further following months of closures during the pandemic.

Buildings commonly used for voting such as libraries, churches and community centres have been mooted as alternatives for the 19 schools no longer being used.

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